A cost-effective sestamibi protocol in the managed health care era

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 509-514

  Milan, Elisa ^a   Giubbini, Raffaele ^b   Gioia, Giuseppe ^b   Terzi, Arturo ^b   Iskandrian, Ami E ^b  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Cost effectiveness; Single photon emission computed tomography; Stress testing; Tc 99m sestamibi

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031450609     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-3581(97)90009-X     Document Type: Article

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